He gives the lonely a home to live in and leads prisoners out into happy freedom, but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

He goes up to the heights, taking many captives with him; he receives gifts from rebellious people. The LORD God will live there.

Many times the LORD rescued his people, but they chose to rebel against him and sank deeper into sin.

but they rebelled against him and made his holy spirit sad. So the LORD became their enemy and fought against them.

But then they remembered the past, the days of Moses, the servant of the LORD, and they asked, "Where now is the LORD, who saved the leaders of his people from the sea? Where is the LORD, who gave his spirit to Moses?

Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?

Let us open our hearts to God in heaven and pray,

Happiness has gone out of our lives; grief has taken the place of our dances.

We are sick at our very hearts and can hardly see through our tears,

You guide me with your instruction and at the end you will receive me with honor.

He raises the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from their misery

He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the LORD!

Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.

This made the LORD angry, so he sent a prophet to Amaziah. The prophet demanded, "Why have you worshiped foreign gods that could not even save their own people from your power?"

"Since when," Amaziah interrupted, "have we made you adviser to the king? Stop talking, or I'll have you killed!" The prophet stopped, but not before saying, "Now I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done all this and have ignored my advice."

Although the LORD warned Manasseh and his people, they refused to listen.

You have ignored all my advice and have not been willing to let me correct you.

You have never wanted my advice or paid any attention when I corrected you.

So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick.

The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none.

He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great.

You say, "Let the LORD hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans; let's see what he has in mind."

"We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of the LORD.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.

When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do.